Product Overview
Cherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others.
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay.
Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya's in an astonishing and moving way. Includes an afterword by author Linda Sue Park and the real-life Salva Dut, on whom the novel is based, and who went on to found Water for South Sudan.
Product Details
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 9780547577319
MSRP: $9.99
Binding: Paperback
Author: Linda Sue Park
Audience Type: Children
Published On: 10-04-2011
Long Walk To Water : Based On A True Story
Linda Sue Park
$9.99
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Africa
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Places | Africa
- Juvenile Fiction | War & Military
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration, Immigration & Refugees
LC Subjects:
- Blacks
- Survival
- History
- Water
- Refugees
- Sudan
- Civil War, 1983-2005
- Dut, Salva
Ingram Categories:
Chronological Period | 1980's
Dewey:
FIC
Features:
Illustrated,Maps,Price on Product,
Target Age Group:
10 to 12
Physical Info:
0.40" H x 7.50" L x 5.00" W (0.22 lbs) 128 Pages
Number of Units in Package:
1
Product Overview
Cherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others.
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay.
Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya's in an astonishing and moving way. Includes an afterword by author Linda Sue Park and the real-life Salva Dut, on whom the novel is based, and who went on to found Water for South Sudan.
Product Details
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 9780547577319
MSRP: $9.99
Binding: Paperback
Author: Park, Linda Sue
Audience Type: Children
Published On: 10-04-2011
Cherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others.
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay.
Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya's in an astonishing and moving way. Includes an afterword by author Linda Sue Park and the real-life Salva Dut, on whom the novel is based, and who went on to found Water for South Sudan.